http://gilesli.com/blog Tue, 06 May 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have never paid attention to horse-racing ever in my life, but the events of this past weekend have got the wheels spinning a little in my head. So Eight Belles, one of the horses running in the Kentucky Derby, broke two ankles during the race and was euthanized on the ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/05/06/sorry-horse-racing-you-suck/ ...except in court. http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/25/rip-sean-bell-1983-2008/ After the exhausting trip back and forth to Poughkeepsie, I spent a few hours at home Friday morning, then had to jump on a flight to DC because the University of Maryland beckoned. Riding the DC Metro reminded me of my youth (relatively), when I spent two years living in ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/18/introducingthe-basco-brothers/ Yo when I started doing show recaps back in the Fall, I didn't anticipate how difficult it would be to keep them up in the Spring when I had 2, 3, 4 or more shows in a week. I'm thinking back and I'm lagging by a full 7 days now. ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/17/danger-beauty-vassar-recap/ No excuses for the lateness of this one really. I've just been tired yall. But it's been almost a week now, and I better get this down before I forget how good an experience it was. So I hit up Syracuse last Thursday, and yes, the shit was hot. It was ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/08/bubble-tea-delicious-syracuse-recap/ Man this has been a looong week. Beats Rhymes and Rice did our final show of the school year by doing up University of Illinois-Chicago this past Wednesday. Man it felt crazy too for some reason. We all got into town that afternoon, and the show started at 4PM. So ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/05/thats-scientifical-ui-chciago-recap/ So last Friday I hit up BC for the opening of APAHM, and on Monday I did up Brandeis for the closing of APAHM. Different schools, different schedules, you know. It was a good opportunity because it was a double feature, with myself sharing the stage with the Chu Ling Dance ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/02/the-case-of-the-pulled-fire-alarm-brandeis-recap/ Saturday night I swung by Northeastern University to do the host thing. I was a little off-kilter, I have to admit that, because I came out swearing up a storm. Sorry about that Northeastern. I had had a rough day. I think after about half an hour, I started to ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/01/more-inappropriate-language-northeastern-recap/ This entry can be read in its entirety at BPRLive.org. Ten long years ago, I was working as a delivery driver, passing the summer before college started up again wearing a tuxedo shirt and bow tie, drinking customers's sodas, then telling them, "Sorry, we ran out of Sprite, do you want ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/04/01/appreciation-the-visionaries-from-bprliveorg/ Celebr(ASIAN) good times, come on! Mike Devine, 03/31/2008 From the The Northeastern News Blackman Auditorium was a center for culture and choreography Saturday night when the Pan Asian American Council (PAAC) presented the second annual Celebr(ASIAN). ... Li followed the opening act, cracking a joke about an automated voiceover that served as the show's announcer ... http://gilesli.com/blog/2008/03/31/celebrasian-good-times-come-on-nu-news/